It is assumed that the tribes terrorized the natives and forced many of them of their homeland. Their German language blended with those Celtic and Welsh residents who decided to stay.

This is where the meld of Old English began.

In the year 697 St. Augustine and other Roman Missionaries came to spread

Christianity to the savages. He and the other missionaries introduced the technology of writing in all of the hierarchies. For the religious ceremonies they used latin, one of the oldest known languages.

Within a century after Augustine's arrival, primitive works of history and religious poetry began to surface in a language that is now regarded as Old English.

Bede (c.672-735) is remembered as a great historian and theologian. His Old English works provide us with a glimpse into an otherwise mysterious period known as the "Dark Ages."

There were many invasions from 787 - 1042 primarily by the Vikings or by the Danes.

Due to them the English Language began to be simplified along with its vocabulary. The inflected endings common to Old English were dropped off and prefixes like